DARK
4Opticlops
ATK:
1800
DEF:
1700
View:
2639
A one-eyed giant that serves the "Dark Ruler Ha Des", it skewers its enemies with its sharp horn, shattering them to pieces.
Opticlops — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Opticlops is a vanilla Level 4 DARK Fiend with no mechanical effects, so its value derives entirely from its status as tribute material and a generic beatstick. The strong co-deck correlation with Dark Ruler Ha Des (70%) confirms it serves primarily as tribute fodder for that Fusion summon. While it appears consistently across six archetypes at 1–2 copies per deck, it generates no card advantage, provides no disruption, and creates no combo lines; its 1800 ATK does not earn points under this rubric since power is measured by reliability of converting accessible states into winning value, not raw stats.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | As a vanilla Normal Monster, Opticlops faces no summoning restrictions and appears in 10 recent decks, but it lacks searchability and functions only as fill-in material (verified from deck sample and card type). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | Zero recorded combos and no mechanical effects means this card generates no combo lines or extensions—it exists only as a 1800-ATK body (inferred from vanilla normal monster type and 0 combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 8 | Running this card consumes a Normal Summon or main deck slot for a single beater with no filtering, search, or graveyard return, representing a pure resource sink (verified from vanilla normal monster mechanics). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | Opticlops has no effect text and therefore provides zero disruption, negation, removal, or opponent interaction (verified from card description containing only flavor text). |
| Material Utility | 65 | It is a clean Level 4 DARK Fiend body; the 70% co-deck rate with Dark Ruler Ha Des and consistent 1–2 copy inclusion across six archetypes confirms its primary role as tribute material (observed from top partners and deck distribution). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 20 | As a vanilla beater with no effects or recovery mechanisms, the card offers no resilience to disruption and expires the moment it is removed from play (inferred from normal monster card type and no effect-based recursion). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 35 | The card requires 1–2 deck slots and forces a slight Fiend-heavy deckbuilding bias to synergize with Dark Ruler Ha Des; it is a modest filler choice rather than an efficient enabler (observed from avg 1.7 copies per deck and formats concentration). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 DARK Fiend body suitable for Dark Ruler Ha Des tribute and other Fiend synergies
- 1800 ATK is serviceable for a Level 4 Normal Monster
- Flexible in diverse deck archetypes (6 distinct archetypes) without archetype-specific lock-in
Weaknesses
- Completely vanilla—no mechanical effects, disruption, or combo generation
- Generates no card advantage or resource refuel
- Requires deck space (1–2 copies) for minimal return beyond a single beater
- Highly susceptible to removal and disruption with no recovery mechanism
- Relies entirely on external synergy (Dark Ruler Ha Des, Fiend themes) for deck inclusion
Counters / choke points
- Any removal or bounce spell (Mystical Space Typhoon, E-HERO Stratos, etc.)
- Negation of the Normal Summon or blocking of tribute summons
- Any deck hostile to Fiend synergies (disrupts Dark Ruler Ha Des strategy)
Best use
Tribute material / Generic Level 4 Fiend beater. Decks: Dark Ruler Ha Des tribute decks, Fiend-themed control or beatdown, Solemn, Sacred Beast, or Mask decks as flexible filler. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card is a vanilla Normal Monster with no mechanical effects (card description is flavor text only); Appears in 10 recent decks at 1–2 copies per deck average; Paired with Dark Ruler Ha Des in 70% of decks; Appears across 6 distinct archetypes (Solemn, Sacred Beast, Mask, Vanquish Soul, and unarchetype); 1800 ATK / 1700 DEF, Level 4 DARK Fiend, no searchability or special summoning conditions
- Observed: Deck inclusion pattern: 70% of decks run 2 copies, 30% run 1 copy (high consistency in copies); Co-deck rate of 70%+ with Dark Ruler Ha Des and other Fiend synergies (Night Assailant, Dark Necrofear); Gameplay type 6 is the primary home (60% of decks), with secondary presence in types 3 and 7
- Inferred: Primary role is tribute material for Dark Ruler Ha Des Fusion summons (inferred from top partners correlation and card type); Secondary value as a generic Level 4 beater in Fiend-heavy deck structures; Combo conversion is minimal due to vanilla card type and zero recorded combo appearances; Resource economy is negative (consumes Normal Summon slot for beater output only); Resilience is low (no effects or recovery; vulnerable to removal)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied — no guide context on actual role or usage patterns No banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only Card description is flavor text only; no mechanical effects are documented